title: Does identification to species level provide sufficient evidence to confirm catheter-related fungemia caused by Candida albicans?
abstract: We retrospectively studied 22 patients with catheter-related candidemia caused by Candida albicans. Strains isolated simultaneously from blood and catheter tips were genotyped using six microsatellite markers. Matches between genotypes of isolates recovered from both sample sources were found in 20/22 (91%) patients. Consequently, identification of the same species from both the catheter tip and blood could be used to confirm catheter-related candidemia.
authors.affiliation: * Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón , Madrid.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escribano
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guinea
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marcos-Zambrano
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Recio
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peláez
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Créixems
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058387:Candidemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D057785:Catheters / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies